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Where I rewatch Yugioh GX, Episode 53
Well, we open with Shou performing some exposition that tells us nothing new, and then we shift over to Chronos, who's running with some tiny little fat man who he addresses as Vice Principal Napoleon...seriously, where the fuck does Duel Academia find these people! Oh, and apparently Chronos is now Temporary Principal Chronos. Dear God, why? Chronos does not like the 'temporary' part being stressed, and apparently Samejima has decided to go on vacation. Quite possibly a permanent one, but we'll see. Anyway, Chronos is convinced that if he can boost Duel Academia's reputation sufficiently, than he'll become the permanent principal, whereupon the first task he'll ignore is the task of the new Obelisk Blue dorm master. A stupid joke from Napoleon later, and then Chronos pulls out a magazine, and in that magazine is a picture of a White-Haired Pretty Boy...okay, his hair is more silver-gray, but he's part of the archetype. According to Chronos, the kid is the genius duelist Edo Phoenix, and apparently he'll be coming to Duel Academia. Napoleon is impressed, but wonders why, since Edo already has a stable career in the Pro-Leagues. Chronos is convinced that it's because he's the new principal, and then we hear the new students getting off the boat, and so Chronos and Napoleon welcome them.
And elsewhere, Judai's already gotten into a duel with one of the new students, and already his ego is pissing me off. Also, Judai, where the fuck did your Millennium Puzzle rip-off go? Oh well, it's not like it ever mattered for more than one episode in the first place to begin with. Shou, Ms. Tome, and the cat Pharaoh are all watching from above, and they note that Judai is the same as ever, energetic (egotistical prick) and getting a big head (fucking obnoxious prick). Oh, and in a twist that will shock absolutely nobody, Judai's opponent is in fact, Edo Phoenix, who says he looks forward to the duel.
OPENING ANIMATION! It's the same song as used in the latter half of season 1, so nothing new there. Shots of the various characters and their names, clips of them dueling in the previous season (I note that Judai and Manjoume get way more screentime in this regard than Shou, Asuka, and Misawa), a new character named...oh joy, it's Tyranno Kenzan! We'll go into how much he fails later on. And somehow Pharaoh merits being in the opening. So, he's feeding that cat anymore anyway? But yeah, the animation is just a big pile of blah that doesn't get you fired up in the least.
TITLE SCREEN! THE BEGINNING OF DESTINY! THE NEW STUDENT, EDO PHOENIX i shudder to imagine what destiny this could be the beginning of.
So Manjoume and Asuka show up and ask Shou about the new guy. FLASHBACK! Edo stands in the doorway to Judai and Shou's room and is excessively polite. He says that he came to Duel Academia to duel his respected senior Judai, and I stab my own eyes out. Curse my healing factor, my eyes are already all better. END FLASHBACK! Manjoume thinks the new guy's got some nerve, and Shou swears he's seen Edo somewhere before. Oh, that tired cliche, is it? Sure, why not? It's not like there's this entire mountain of GOOD IDEAS that you've yet to touch, please, continue digging deeper into pile of BAD IDEAS! Blah blah blah, the duel begins. Manjoume and I agree that Judai is intolerable, Ms. Tome coddles Judai, and Shou is a little shit, so business as usual. And...Manjoume facefaults as Edo summons Ojama Yellow in defense position. Huh. Manjoume can't believe that Edo would put such a POS card in his deck, only he can do that! Ojama Yellow shows up to annoy, Manjoume tells him to go the hell away, and Asuka thinks he's gone further off the deep end than he already has. She also wonders what kind of deck Edo is using, and according to Ms. Tome, FLASHBACK, just as he opened the store, Edo showed up, bought eight packs, put together a forty card deck from that, and Pharaoh hissed at him. Gee, I wonder if he might be a bad guy? Ms. Tome points out that he won't get far with a deck like that, he says he's just going to do a little test with it, END FLASHBACK!
Judai's turn, and he summons Sparkman, AND THAT FUCKING MUSIC CUE, WHY IS THE UNDEAD ABOMINATION STILL WALKING AMONG US, WHY DEAR GOD WHY, OH LORD SATAN SAVE ME FROM THIS NIGHTMARE AND I SHALL SACRIFICE MANY SHEEP IN YOUR NAME! So yeah, Judai destroys Ojama Yellow and ends his turn. Edo thinks to himself that Judai uses a Hero deck, just like the rumors said...Uh, remember that duel that was broadcast over the entire country? Live? Yeah, how the fuck is it a rumor that Judai uses a Hero deck? Edo says his Ojama Yellow was no match for Judai's monster, and Judai says it takes a lot of tactics to master Ojama Yellow, and then manages to fuck it up, prompting Manjoume to facefault again. Edo's turn again, he's got nothing but spells and traps in his hand, and he says he'll use a trash card to see more of Judai's skill. Dude, he defeated the Mythic Demons...than again, that wasn't very impressive, now was it? Okay, point given, which I can only do because of how shitty the writing is. How ironic. So Edo sets a card and then an annoying beeping sound is heard. Judai wonders WTF, and it's Edo's cell phone! Well, at least Edo isn't taking a break to eat lunch, I still can't believe Judai wasn't castrated for that shit. Oh, great, Judai is getting mad that his opponent is taking a call in the middle of the duel.
NAPPA: Hey Vegeta, what does the Scouter say about his Hypocrisy Level?
VEGETA: IT'S OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, Manjoume's mad too, so the hypocrisy level continues to rise, Shou raises the hypocrisy level even further, and Ms. Tome's line about everyone becoming adults after only their first year is enough to make the entire planet explode. Unfortunately, some one went to Planet Namek and gathered the Dragonballs there, so we're still stuck watching this POS. Seriously, Judai is pissing me off so fucking much, this is not charming or funny, at all. And now we get to listen in on the all-important phone call; Edo says he's dueling as they speak, and now we're in a weird white room, with some dude in a white robe messing around with Tarot cards. White Robe Man turns over a card, and gets Death in reverse, and he says this signifies rebirth, and whatever that's supposed to mean, Edo seems to understand. He turns off the phone, apologizes, and thinks to himself that he needs to step things up if he wants to see Judai's Fusion strategy, and so he plays Reload, returning his hand to his deck and drawing four new cards.
Blah blah blah, Judai is an annoying little shit while trying to act like he's some sort of mentor figure, Edo gets his new hand, and then plays the Field Spell Sanctuary in the Sky. Now Judai and Edo are dueling by a temple in the clouds, Edo mentally rolls his eyes at Judai, and already his standing in my mind skyrockets. Edo summons Warrior of Zera, and since he has Sanctuary in the Sky on the field, he sacrifices it to special summon Archangel Zerato, which has 2800 attack points. Finally, by sending the Light Attribute Holy Shine Ball to the grave, he activates Zerato's effect and destroys all of Judai's monsters. Sparkman is destroyed, and Zerato attacks directly for 2800 points of damage. Asuka realizes that Edo couldn't be playing casually, Edo ends his turn, and Judai is, like he's even capable of any other response, excited that he's in such an interesting duel. Like I've said before, a plastic bag drifting in the wind. Judai takes his turn, summons Clayman in defense position, and plays Metamorphosis, sacrificing Clayman for Clayguardman, which has 2800 defense points. Also, when summoned, Clayguardman deals 200 points of damage for every card on the opponent's field, so Edo takes 3400 points of damage. Then Judai sets a card to end his turn.
Blah blah blah, Judai says that if Edo can't draw a Light Attribute monster he won't be able to inflict any damage, Edo says that's just like a Senior, and then Judai laughs and I punch him in the teeth. Judai's friends say that being an idiot is what he's good at, Edo says leaving it to the draw is leaving it to luck, Judai says that when a duelist draws he connects his heart to his spirits, and Edo asks if Judai really can speak to spirits. YA RLY, says Judai, and Edo thinks about how Judai managed to give Kaiser Ryou a hard time, so this has been pretty disappointing all things considered, so he may as well end the duel now, just like HE predicted. FLASHBACK! White Robe Man turns over the Chariot in reverse, saying that this means defeat. END FLASHBACK!
EYECATCH!
Edo's turn, and he draws the spell card Monster Gate. Edo says something about someone telling him that luck and destiny are two different things, that Destiny is decided at birth. Oh great, it's Neji Hyuga all over again. Gee, I wonder if the writers will manage to fuck up the aesop this time too? Anyway, this is why the future can be predicted, and that includes who will win and who will lose. Judai says that's a boring way of thinking, dueling is fun because you don't know what's going to happen next, but Edo says that everything has been determined already, and so he activates his trap card, Convening of Light; now he discards his hand, and adds an equal number of Light Attribute monsters from his grave to his hand. Thus, he is able to discard Holy Shine Ball for Zerato's effect once more, establishing that it didn't matter what card Edo managed to draw. Declaring this to be Destiny, Edo attacks directly, and in a twist that will shock absolutely nobody, Judai activates Flute of Summoning Kuriboh, so Winged Kuriboh takes the hit and Judai takes no damage. Judai declares his Spirit overturned Edo's prediction, and Edo says that it's just as he expected from the "Legendary Duelist who talks to spirits", and if not for Edo's sarcasm, I would be projectile vomiting right now. Judai, like with everything else, does not get it, and thinks Edo's being serious, so I punch him in the teeth again. Judai's friends insult him again, which gives me a little hope, which I'm sure will be shattered before long.
In truth, Edo thinks that Judai is a counterfeit legend, despite what HE said, and FLASHBACK! White Robe Man tells Edo that Judai will win and he will lose, and for now he must simply observe Judai's abilities. Edo wonders if Judai's really worth all the bother, and White Robe Man says that Judai is needed so that Edo can grow further. END FLASHBACK! Edo thinks that everything is going as predicted, and Judai takes his turn. He summons Bubbleman, draws two cards with its bullshit effect, sets a card, and plays Warriors Return to get back Sparkman. And in another glorious display of repetition, Judai plays Fusion to summon Tempester. Judai attacks with Tempester, sacrificing his face-down card to keep Tempester from being destroyed while destroying Zerato for no damage, and then he plays De-Fusion, and oh look, Sparkman has 1600 attack power, Featherman has 1000, and Bubbleman has 800. Why, that adds up to exactly 3400 points of direct damage! I'm shocked, shocked I tells ya! So yeah, Judai wins, just like White Robe Man said he would, not that that's an impressive prediction AT ALL! Blah blah blah, Edo continues the freshman act, Ms. Tome says the new kid isn't too bad if he did that well with a deck he put together on the spot, and Edo is disappointed with the duel, questioning how the fuck Judai is supposed to help him grow, which makes sense considering that Judai's mental age is around 3. And so for the first time Edo has begun to doubt HIS predictions, and he passes by Judai's friends.
And then Judai comes up and says...okay, this is hilarious, Judai says that the Junior was "a cute little guy, wasn't he?". No, wait, what's the word I'm looking for? Oh, right, enraging. Seriously, I know we're supposed to laugh at the Ho Yay, and how Judai doesn't suspect how serious an opponent Edo really is, but fuck his condescending attitude right down its throat. Judai says he's not suited to be a mentor, which would be why nobody ever asked him to be one, Shou agrees, Manjoume says that pretending to be great just exposes your defects, and Asuka says Judai would be hated by the Juniors for it. OH, and NOW Shou remembers where he saw Edo! Yes, he just reaches into his backpack and pulls out the same motherfucking magazine that Chronos had at the start of the episode, and gasp, shock, it was Edo Phoneix! Surely not the same young genius Edo Phoenix who's renewing his winning streak in the Pro-Duel World League, says Asuka? THE SAME! Judai says for a pro he sure didn't do a very good job of building his deck, and Ms. Tome explains to him about the whole 'he built his deck on the spot from 8 booster packs' thing. Judai realizes he nearly had his ass handed to him by a scrap deck, but of course he perks right back the fuck up, all excited about wanting to duel against Edo's real deck.
Transition, and now it is sunset. The last of the new students are getting off, Chronos and Napoleon are depressed that Edo never showed up, and one last student gets off, and he has needlessly big muscles for someone who's going to be playing card games to resolve his conflicts. He is rude, and he adds -saurus and -don to the end of his sentences. Sorry buddy, but you're really going to have to do better than that if you want to be more annoying than Judai. He grabs Chronos by the throat and demands to know why he's in Ra Yellow and not in Obelisk Blue. Yes, grab the Temporary Principal's Throat, that will ensure your immediate 'promotion'. Yes, according to him, there's nobody in his home town who hasn't heard of Tyranno Kenzan the Dinosaur user. I can believe that, but not for the reasons he thinks. Oh, and he even has a hat like a Dinosaur. Yeah, I'm sorry, Dinosaur Ryuzaki was better than this punk, and that's just so sad, it almost makes me feel sorry for the steroid-injected punk. Chronos and Napoleon explain about how you have to enter Duel Academia through the Middle School to start off in Obelisk Blue, which still makes no fucking sense, and that entering Ra Yellow in his first year still marks Tyranno Kenzan as the creme de la creme. And now I weep for Misawa, who now has this dumb-ass punk for a dorm-mate. So Kenzan apologizes for the unwarranted assault against Chronos and walks off, and Chronos inexplicably does not expel him on the spot. Seriously, WTF, he spends all that time trying to get rid off Judai, and yet you have someone who DESERVES to get kicked right the fuck out, and you don't even say anything? Fucking hell, this whole scene is so stupid.
Chronos is once more depressed at how Edo Phoenix never showed up, and Napoleon says that they'll just have to make a star to boost Duel Academia's reputation. Oh, and Napoleon wants to destroy the Osiris Red Dorm. Wheee. And on that abysmal note, the episode ends. Same ending animation and song as before...
NEXT TIME! Someone's plucking flowers, something about a Star-discovery duel, and Manjoume's dueling some up and coming Obelisk-Blue punk, EPISODE TITLE, THUNDER VS. ELITE-KUN! MECHA OJAMA KING TAKES OFF. Oh, and now we've got a card of the week deal going on. Yeah, this week's best card was Tempester. Whoo.
So, in this episode four new characters were introduced; Vice-Principal Napoleon, Edo Phoenix, White Robe Man, and Tyranno Kenzan. Napoleon is a wasted piece of protoplasm, Edo Phoenix gets points for having no respect at all for Judai, White Robe Man is too mysterious to comment on, and Kenzan already needs to get the fuck off the island. Well, it's a new season of GX, new window dressing, but in the end, it's just the same old crap as before.
And elsewhere, Judai's already gotten into a duel with one of the new students, and already his ego is pissing me off. Also, Judai, where the fuck did your Millennium Puzzle rip-off go? Oh well, it's not like it ever mattered for more than one episode in the first place to begin with. Shou, Ms. Tome, and the cat Pharaoh are all watching from above, and they note that Judai is the same as ever, energetic (egotistical prick) and getting a big head (fucking obnoxious prick). Oh, and in a twist that will shock absolutely nobody, Judai's opponent is in fact, Edo Phoenix, who says he looks forward to the duel.
OPENING ANIMATION! It's the same song as used in the latter half of season 1, so nothing new there. Shots of the various characters and their names, clips of them dueling in the previous season (I note that Judai and Manjoume get way more screentime in this regard than Shou, Asuka, and Misawa), a new character named...oh joy, it's Tyranno Kenzan! We'll go into how much he fails later on. And somehow Pharaoh merits being in the opening. So, he's feeding that cat anymore anyway? But yeah, the animation is just a big pile of blah that doesn't get you fired up in the least.
TITLE SCREEN! THE BEGINNING OF DESTINY! THE NEW STUDENT, EDO PHOENIX i shudder to imagine what destiny this could be the beginning of.
So Manjoume and Asuka show up and ask Shou about the new guy. FLASHBACK! Edo stands in the doorway to Judai and Shou's room and is excessively polite. He says that he came to Duel Academia to duel his respected senior Judai, and I stab my own eyes out. Curse my healing factor, my eyes are already all better. END FLASHBACK! Manjoume thinks the new guy's got some nerve, and Shou swears he's seen Edo somewhere before. Oh, that tired cliche, is it? Sure, why not? It's not like there's this entire mountain of GOOD IDEAS that you've yet to touch, please, continue digging deeper into pile of BAD IDEAS! Blah blah blah, the duel begins. Manjoume and I agree that Judai is intolerable, Ms. Tome coddles Judai, and Shou is a little shit, so business as usual. And...Manjoume facefaults as Edo summons Ojama Yellow in defense position. Huh. Manjoume can't believe that Edo would put such a POS card in his deck, only he can do that! Ojama Yellow shows up to annoy, Manjoume tells him to go the hell away, and Asuka thinks he's gone further off the deep end than he already has. She also wonders what kind of deck Edo is using, and according to Ms. Tome, FLASHBACK, just as he opened the store, Edo showed up, bought eight packs, put together a forty card deck from that, and Pharaoh hissed at him. Gee, I wonder if he might be a bad guy? Ms. Tome points out that he won't get far with a deck like that, he says he's just going to do a little test with it, END FLASHBACK!
Judai's turn, and he summons Sparkman, AND THAT FUCKING MUSIC CUE, WHY IS THE UNDEAD ABOMINATION STILL WALKING AMONG US, WHY DEAR GOD WHY, OH LORD SATAN SAVE ME FROM THIS NIGHTMARE AND I SHALL SACRIFICE MANY SHEEP IN YOUR NAME! So yeah, Judai destroys Ojama Yellow and ends his turn. Edo thinks to himself that Judai uses a Hero deck, just like the rumors said...Uh, remember that duel that was broadcast over the entire country? Live? Yeah, how the fuck is it a rumor that Judai uses a Hero deck? Edo says his Ojama Yellow was no match for Judai's monster, and Judai says it takes a lot of tactics to master Ojama Yellow, and then manages to fuck it up, prompting Manjoume to facefault again. Edo's turn again, he's got nothing but spells and traps in his hand, and he says he'll use a trash card to see more of Judai's skill. Dude, he defeated the Mythic Demons...than again, that wasn't very impressive, now was it? Okay, point given, which I can only do because of how shitty the writing is. How ironic. So Edo sets a card and then an annoying beeping sound is heard. Judai wonders WTF, and it's Edo's cell phone! Well, at least Edo isn't taking a break to eat lunch, I still can't believe Judai wasn't castrated for that shit. Oh, great, Judai is getting mad that his opponent is taking a call in the middle of the duel.
NAPPA: Hey Vegeta, what does the Scouter say about his Hypocrisy Level?
VEGETA: IT'S OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, Manjoume's mad too, so the hypocrisy level continues to rise, Shou raises the hypocrisy level even further, and Ms. Tome's line about everyone becoming adults after only their first year is enough to make the entire planet explode. Unfortunately, some one went to Planet Namek and gathered the Dragonballs there, so we're still stuck watching this POS. Seriously, Judai is pissing me off so fucking much, this is not charming or funny, at all. And now we get to listen in on the all-important phone call; Edo says he's dueling as they speak, and now we're in a weird white room, with some dude in a white robe messing around with Tarot cards. White Robe Man turns over a card, and gets Death in reverse, and he says this signifies rebirth, and whatever that's supposed to mean, Edo seems to understand. He turns off the phone, apologizes, and thinks to himself that he needs to step things up if he wants to see Judai's Fusion strategy, and so he plays Reload, returning his hand to his deck and drawing four new cards.
Blah blah blah, Judai is an annoying little shit while trying to act like he's some sort of mentor figure, Edo gets his new hand, and then plays the Field Spell Sanctuary in the Sky. Now Judai and Edo are dueling by a temple in the clouds, Edo mentally rolls his eyes at Judai, and already his standing in my mind skyrockets. Edo summons Warrior of Zera, and since he has Sanctuary in the Sky on the field, he sacrifices it to special summon Archangel Zerato, which has 2800 attack points. Finally, by sending the Light Attribute Holy Shine Ball to the grave, he activates Zerato's effect and destroys all of Judai's monsters. Sparkman is destroyed, and Zerato attacks directly for 2800 points of damage. Asuka realizes that Edo couldn't be playing casually, Edo ends his turn, and Judai is, like he's even capable of any other response, excited that he's in such an interesting duel. Like I've said before, a plastic bag drifting in the wind. Judai takes his turn, summons Clayman in defense position, and plays Metamorphosis, sacrificing Clayman for Clayguardman, which has 2800 defense points. Also, when summoned, Clayguardman deals 200 points of damage for every card on the opponent's field, so Edo takes 3400 points of damage. Then Judai sets a card to end his turn.
Blah blah blah, Judai says that if Edo can't draw a Light Attribute monster he won't be able to inflict any damage, Edo says that's just like a Senior, and then Judai laughs and I punch him in the teeth. Judai's friends say that being an idiot is what he's good at, Edo says leaving it to the draw is leaving it to luck, Judai says that when a duelist draws he connects his heart to his spirits, and Edo asks if Judai really can speak to spirits. YA RLY, says Judai, and Edo thinks about how Judai managed to give Kaiser Ryou a hard time, so this has been pretty disappointing all things considered, so he may as well end the duel now, just like HE predicted. FLASHBACK! White Robe Man turns over the Chariot in reverse, saying that this means defeat. END FLASHBACK!
EYECATCH!
Edo's turn, and he draws the spell card Monster Gate. Edo says something about someone telling him that luck and destiny are two different things, that Destiny is decided at birth. Oh great, it's Neji Hyuga all over again. Gee, I wonder if the writers will manage to fuck up the aesop this time too? Anyway, this is why the future can be predicted, and that includes who will win and who will lose. Judai says that's a boring way of thinking, dueling is fun because you don't know what's going to happen next, but Edo says that everything has been determined already, and so he activates his trap card, Convening of Light; now he discards his hand, and adds an equal number of Light Attribute monsters from his grave to his hand. Thus, he is able to discard Holy Shine Ball for Zerato's effect once more, establishing that it didn't matter what card Edo managed to draw. Declaring this to be Destiny, Edo attacks directly, and in a twist that will shock absolutely nobody, Judai activates Flute of Summoning Kuriboh, so Winged Kuriboh takes the hit and Judai takes no damage. Judai declares his Spirit overturned Edo's prediction, and Edo says that it's just as he expected from the "Legendary Duelist who talks to spirits", and if not for Edo's sarcasm, I would be projectile vomiting right now. Judai, like with everything else, does not get it, and thinks Edo's being serious, so I punch him in the teeth again. Judai's friends insult him again, which gives me a little hope, which I'm sure will be shattered before long.
In truth, Edo thinks that Judai is a counterfeit legend, despite what HE said, and FLASHBACK! White Robe Man tells Edo that Judai will win and he will lose, and for now he must simply observe Judai's abilities. Edo wonders if Judai's really worth all the bother, and White Robe Man says that Judai is needed so that Edo can grow further. END FLASHBACK! Edo thinks that everything is going as predicted, and Judai takes his turn. He summons Bubbleman, draws two cards with its bullshit effect, sets a card, and plays Warriors Return to get back Sparkman. And in another glorious display of repetition, Judai plays Fusion to summon Tempester. Judai attacks with Tempester, sacrificing his face-down card to keep Tempester from being destroyed while destroying Zerato for no damage, and then he plays De-Fusion, and oh look, Sparkman has 1600 attack power, Featherman has 1000, and Bubbleman has 800. Why, that adds up to exactly 3400 points of direct damage! I'm shocked, shocked I tells ya! So yeah, Judai wins, just like White Robe Man said he would, not that that's an impressive prediction AT ALL! Blah blah blah, Edo continues the freshman act, Ms. Tome says the new kid isn't too bad if he did that well with a deck he put together on the spot, and Edo is disappointed with the duel, questioning how the fuck Judai is supposed to help him grow, which makes sense considering that Judai's mental age is around 3. And so for the first time Edo has begun to doubt HIS predictions, and he passes by Judai's friends.
And then Judai comes up and says...okay, this is hilarious, Judai says that the Junior was "a cute little guy, wasn't he?". No, wait, what's the word I'm looking for? Oh, right, enraging. Seriously, I know we're supposed to laugh at the Ho Yay, and how Judai doesn't suspect how serious an opponent Edo really is, but fuck his condescending attitude right down its throat. Judai says he's not suited to be a mentor, which would be why nobody ever asked him to be one, Shou agrees, Manjoume says that pretending to be great just exposes your defects, and Asuka says Judai would be hated by the Juniors for it. OH, and NOW Shou remembers where he saw Edo! Yes, he just reaches into his backpack and pulls out the same motherfucking magazine that Chronos had at the start of the episode, and gasp, shock, it was Edo Phoneix! Surely not the same young genius Edo Phoenix who's renewing his winning streak in the Pro-Duel World League, says Asuka? THE SAME! Judai says for a pro he sure didn't do a very good job of building his deck, and Ms. Tome explains to him about the whole 'he built his deck on the spot from 8 booster packs' thing. Judai realizes he nearly had his ass handed to him by a scrap deck, but of course he perks right back the fuck up, all excited about wanting to duel against Edo's real deck.
Transition, and now it is sunset. The last of the new students are getting off, Chronos and Napoleon are depressed that Edo never showed up, and one last student gets off, and he has needlessly big muscles for someone who's going to be playing card games to resolve his conflicts. He is rude, and he adds -saurus and -don to the end of his sentences. Sorry buddy, but you're really going to have to do better than that if you want to be more annoying than Judai. He grabs Chronos by the throat and demands to know why he's in Ra Yellow and not in Obelisk Blue. Yes, grab the Temporary Principal's Throat, that will ensure your immediate 'promotion'. Yes, according to him, there's nobody in his home town who hasn't heard of Tyranno Kenzan the Dinosaur user. I can believe that, but not for the reasons he thinks. Oh, and he even has a hat like a Dinosaur. Yeah, I'm sorry, Dinosaur Ryuzaki was better than this punk, and that's just so sad, it almost makes me feel sorry for the steroid-injected punk. Chronos and Napoleon explain about how you have to enter Duel Academia through the Middle School to start off in Obelisk Blue, which still makes no fucking sense, and that entering Ra Yellow in his first year still marks Tyranno Kenzan as the creme de la creme. And now I weep for Misawa, who now has this dumb-ass punk for a dorm-mate. So Kenzan apologizes for the unwarranted assault against Chronos and walks off, and Chronos inexplicably does not expel him on the spot. Seriously, WTF, he spends all that time trying to get rid off Judai, and yet you have someone who DESERVES to get kicked right the fuck out, and you don't even say anything? Fucking hell, this whole scene is so stupid.
Chronos is once more depressed at how Edo Phoenix never showed up, and Napoleon says that they'll just have to make a star to boost Duel Academia's reputation. Oh, and Napoleon wants to destroy the Osiris Red Dorm. Wheee. And on that abysmal note, the episode ends. Same ending animation and song as before...
NEXT TIME! Someone's plucking flowers, something about a Star-discovery duel, and Manjoume's dueling some up and coming Obelisk-Blue punk, EPISODE TITLE, THUNDER VS. ELITE-KUN! MECHA OJAMA KING TAKES OFF. Oh, and now we've got a card of the week deal going on. Yeah, this week's best card was Tempester. Whoo.
So, in this episode four new characters were introduced; Vice-Principal Napoleon, Edo Phoenix, White Robe Man, and Tyranno Kenzan. Napoleon is a wasted piece of protoplasm, Edo Phoenix gets points for having no respect at all for Judai, White Robe Man is too mysterious to comment on, and Kenzan already needs to get the fuck off the island. Well, it's a new season of GX, new window dressing, but in the end, it's just the same old crap as before.
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This has nothing to do with anything, but did they HAVE to put Asuka's picture up just as the word 'weak' is sung in the opening?
ARGH, Shou, shut up! They really are just letting the little creep coast along on his character design without ever actually ACTING the part, aren't they?
The hypocrisy is overwhelming me!
You're right, that music cue is terrible. *winces*
I've never understood what the point of predicting the future would be if the author and characters emphasize how unchangeable it is. In CANON it made sense, since one of Aishisu's duties appeared to be using her glimpses of the future to help head off threats to the Pharaoh and Egypt, and Ishizu had her arc about learning that the future is changeable, and gains hope in that... But I don't understand what Edo and White Robe are intending on doing with the future if they think it's unchangeable.
Juudai only thinks the world is fun because the writers never let anything bad happen to him. And 'legendary idiot' describes him perfectly, thank you, Manjoume.
"So lose and win!" Sure, Juudai, suuure. I'm seeing so many graceful losses out of you. And snerk, Tome-san calls him 'Juudai-chan'.
Ugh, that last scene with Kenzan was awful. And it's kind of telling that they don't even take the new season seriously enough to get some new music for it.
Well! Good to know they're maintaining the same level of low quality as before! Wait...not good.
Let me guess, poor Manjoume doesn't get back into Blue?
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Really? Hold on a second...Meh, considering what this show is like when it's trying to be "subtle", I think that's just a horribly amusing coincidence. Wait for her ACTUAL treatment in the show before you get good and mad!
That they are, they are indeed.
I just...This episode only came out a week after the last one, so...HOW THE FUCK DO THEY NOT SEE THE HYPOCRISY!???
And I don't know about you, but I have sensitive ears, so terrible music really hurts me. Alot. And yes, I will continue to explode every time it gets used. I think they stop using it by season 3, which would be the only unambiguously good thing about it.
See, that's the awesome thing about One Piece; the Black Beard Pirates are all very big on fate and predestination...but they're okay with that, since they believe that they're fated to come out on top and win! But more seriously, the problem is that most people these days don't understand that stuff like prophecies were generally if-then statements along the lines of 'if you build your house on sand, it will fall' sort of thing. Then again, predestination was never the most coherent doctrine to begin with, so...
Legendary idiot indeed. And even when the writers do finally start letting bad things happen to Judai (season 3 again), they manage to fuck it up epically, as only they can.
Well, Judai is such a child, it makes sense for Ms. Tome to use THAT honorific with him.
I know, that's one thing that really bothers me; they don't EVER create any new music, they just keep reusing the same ones, over and over and over again. Makes many scenes just wash together, like they needed the help. And god, Kenzan, he pisses me off so bad, he is the second worst thing about this season (the first being Judai).
GOOD NEWS EVERYONE! I'm being arrested for Arson! Wait, that's not good news at all!
Does Judai EVER study for a test?
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Good point.
Well...every time I hear that song, 'Girlfriend', I want to gouge my own ears out. And I have this issue with getting songs I despise stuck in my head... So I understand.
It's a shame, though, because such interesting things can be done with magical prophecy. In this fantasy series I'm re-reading, The Sacrifices Arc, there are prophecies which are always shifting and reacting to the world around them, and sometimes when people try to act on the prophecies and muck them up, the prophecies shift massively. And then there are necromancers- necromancers see the death of everyone they, ah, see. Those deaths are unchangeable (though it's my theory that this is largely because necromancers' vows prevent them from speaking of those deaths to anyone, and since they view the dead as their kin, they don't have the drive to avoid their own deaths, either...) Um, anyway. Sorry for babbling.
Just remember Johan, just remember Johan... I need something to look forward to, after all!
It does. Damn it.
Whereas even the Orichalcos Arc at least gave us some nice new music, if not much else. And I've heard Kenzan's back-story, it's just..must they continue to rape canon? How does anyone think that a duelist with dinosaur DNA is a good idea?
XD
Oh dear... Poor Manjoume.
And you're really in top snarky order tonight! *salutes*
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See, my personal "gouge my ears out" song, is "Who Let the Dogs Out". Just...haaaaaate.
Your babbeling is much approved! And really, the whole point of bringing in all this "Destiny" stuff, is just to show off once again, how special and sparkly Judai really is.
Johan is indeed something to look forward to, if only for the unabashed hilarity his terribleness will bring.
Well, they thought a Dueling Monkey was a good idea...but seriously, "Dino DNA?" Don't the Paleontologists have it bad enough without GX making a mockery of their work? Of course, I have to wait until THAT episode before I can REALLY go into it.
I do enjoy ripping off Futurama, and hey, they're finally broadcasting new episodes! Yay!
Poor Manjoume indeed.
Ah, that's awful nice of you, thanks!
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Oh, I hate that song, too! I've just had the luck not to hear it for many years.
Damn it. But anyway, I maybe should see about doing a rec post for that series one day, though it's not really possible to concisely sum up everything that's awesome in it, there's just too much... But I have the feeling that you'd love some of the female characters, especially Hawthorn.
Oh, eek. Well, I'll just look forward to the subtext. I'm good at finding subtext amusing.
Poor Paleontologists... And how far away is THAT episode?
Oh, that's where it's from! I thought it sounded vaguely familiar, but I haven't watched Futurama in so many years- lack of a TV and all, and I don't know where to watch it reliably online.
I shall make OT3 icons for him to ease his pain. Right after I'm done with those Mana/Mahaado/Atemu icons. (Just kidding, I'm actually going to work on the translation and a few drabbles tonight)
Just speaking the truth!
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Same here.
That would definitely be a worthwhile post to make indeed! I'd read it.
Johan; when subtext is more text, than the actual text.
That would be episode 73. It'll be a little while, I'm pacing myself for this season.
Hmm, can't help you there. Which is a shame, since the new season is shaping up to be really good!
OT3; it's whats for dinner!
I like to think so too, but hey, I don't want to get a swollen head like, oh, I don't know, JUDAI!?!
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Good to hear! I'll start thinking about how to describe it. Lots to describe...
Still looking forward to it! And good, you shouldn't wear yourself out! Do your best to take time to heal and bask in good fiction.
Ah, well...
...Eh?
It's hard to get a head as swollen as his. Really, really hard. I think TKBakura and Ghouls-era!Malik combined still couldn't compete with him, and those two are kings of arrogance.
Don't worry, I think you're sufficiently modest ;)